ATU to hold final home games ThursdayTucker Coliseum will play host to its final Great American Conference doubleheader of the 2014-15 season when Arkansas Tech University welcomes Harding University to Russellville on Thursday. Much is on the line for both Arkansas Tech teams. The Golden Suns must win to keep alive their hopes of earning at least a share of the GAC women’s basketball regular season title. The Wonder Boys can clinch a berth in the GAC Tournament, which is schedul...

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Mitchell leads No. 2 South Carolina past Arkansas, 73-56FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — With another opportunity on the national stage looming, South Carolina showed no signs of letting down or looking ahead against Arkansas. Led by an all-around performance from guard Tiffany Mitchell, the No. 2 Gamecocks beat the Razorbacks 73-56 for their third straight win following a loss at No. 1 Connecticut — giving the school 25 wins for the fourth straight season. Mitchell led four South Carolina players in doub...

Tigers shoot past Wonder BoysADA, Okla. — The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys basketball team (12-13, 8-9 Great American Conference) was unable to overcome the hot shooting of East Central (17-8, 11-6 GAC) as the Tigers shot 62 percent from the floor in the second half to push to a 78-54 win over the Wonder Boys on Thursday at the Kerr Activities Center. Tech controlled the momentum in the early going as Gary Gaskins scored the first six points, pushing the Wonder Boys out to a...

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Golden Suns softball remains undefeatedNationally 18th-ranked Arkansas Tech University remained undefeated during the 2015 softball season with a doubleheader sweep of Pittsburg State University at the Chartwells Women’s Sports Complex in Russellville on Thursday. The Golden Suns (6-0) are scheduled to take on Fort Hays State University for a twin bill in Hays, Kan., on Wednesday. Their next home games are set for Friday and Saturday against East Central University. Game One: Tech ...

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Williamson honored at Hogs gameFAYETTEVILLE (AP) — Former Final Four Most Outstanding Player for the Arkansas Razorbacks Corliss Williamson was honored at halftime of the Hog's win over the Missouri Tigers. Flanked by his family, former teammates and former coach, Nolan Richardson, the current Sacramento Kings assistant coach — who led Arkansas to the Razorbacks only national title in 1994 — had a banner with his name and No. 34 hung inside Bud Walton Arena. After the win, ...

Solid debut earns Hill GAC Player of the WeekCollecting a .615 average with three home runs and seven RBIs over the first four games of her Arkansas Tech career, Kambri Hill was named the Great American Conference softball player of the week. The junior started her time in a Golden Suns uniform strong at last weekend’s 8-State Classic in Bentonville, Arkansas, picking up eight hits in 13 at-bats. In the opener Friday against Northwest Missouri State, she popped three hits, including a wa...

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Golden Suns climb to No. 20 in National PollCollecting two more wins to bump its win streak to four games, the Arkansas Tech women’s basketball team continues to move up in the national rankings, bumping four spots to No. 20 in the USA Today Coaches poll released Tuesday. The Golden Suns (19-3, 14-2 Great American Conference) earned home victories over Northwestern Oklahoma (61-51) and Southern Nazarene (78-60) last weekend, holding the lead nearly the entire way to earn season sweeps o...

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Wonder Boys baseball swept at OBUARKADELPHIA — Kris Ayers went 4-for-4 in the opener with a pair of RBIs, but the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys baseball team (4-7, 0-3 Great American Conference) was unable to overcome timely hitting by Ouachita Baptist (6-4, 3-0) in a doubleheader sweep by the Tigers, falling 10-8 and 4-1 on Saturday at Rab Rodgers Field. The Tigers did the lion’s share of work in the first two innings, putting eight runs across in the first two innings and sendi...

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Balogun earns weekly GAC honorArkansas Tech University’s Mike Balogun was named Great American Conference men’s basketball co-player of the week by the league office in Russellville on Monday, Feb. 16. Balogun, a senior guard from Staten Island, N.Y., averaged 19.5 points per game while leading the Wonder Boys to a pair of victories last week. He matched his season high with 25 points in an 83-63 win over Northwestern Oklahoma State University on Thursday. Two days later, ...

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Suns top Crimson Storm, stay atop GACArkansas Tech University's Golden Suns celebrated Valentines Day with a commanding 78-60 win over the Southern Nazarene University Crimson Storm on Saturday inside Tucker Coliseum. The win, alongside Harding's 67-59 loss to Southeastern Oklahoma, put ATU back on top the the Great American Conference — not that head coach David Wilbers is concerned much about standings. "It is what it is," he said. "We don't really look at it that much. We just...

Portis' growth, consistency leading No. 24 ArkansasFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Bobby Portis looked around during the first half of a blowout win over Mississippi State last week, smiling and waving his arms in encouragement. Arguably Arkansas' most beloved star since the school's national championship days was once again holding court, much to the delight of the crowd in Bud Walton Arena. The No. 24 Razorbacks (19-5, 8-3 Southeastern Conference) have won six of their last seven games, surging to...

Wonder Boys fall in Houston Winter InviteHOUSTON — After taking a bit to warm up on a day that felt like early February, the Arkansas Tech baseball team found ways to get runs across in its opener of the 2015 Houston Winter Invitational Thursday afternoon at Minute Maid Park, home of Major League Baseball’s Houston Astros, but St. Mary’s had an answer every time and was able to come away with a 10-5 victory. Kris Ayers went 2-for-3 with a walk and run scored and Collin O’Neil chipped...

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Adams lifts Suns in overtime thrillerWEATHERFORD, Okla. — Fatima Adams hit the game-winning basket with 1.4 seconds remaining in overtime to cap a 24-point, 16-rebound effort as the No. 25 Arkansas Tech Golden Suns (16-3, 11-2 Great American Conference) spoiled the upset-minded Southwestern Oklahoma Lady Bulldogs (7-11, 4-8 GAC) with a 64-62 victory on Thursday at the Pioneer Cellular Events Center. Arkansas Tech controlled the pace in the early going, opening up as much as a sev...

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Two Cyclones sign scholarshipsTwo Russellville Cyclones football players signed scholarships to play football at the collegiate level on Wednesday inside the Russellville High School (RHS) cafeteria. Kervin Flores signed an NCAA Division II letter of intent to play football with Ouachita Baptist University, while Samuel Dunbar signed an NCAA Division I letter of intent with the University of Central Arkansas. “Very few people get to celebrate playing at the next level,” fo...

Wonder Boys football announces 31 additions on National Signing DayThirty-one new players will join the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys football program, with 21 of the newcomers coming from Arkansas, head coach Raymond Monica announced Wednesday. “I appreciate all the efforts of the coaching staff and the entire campus community for helping bring these kids to our program,” Monica said. “I’m very excited about this class, and excited to get them here in the fall to compete. I also look forward to working with the ...

Hogs beat South CarolinaFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Bobby Portis said earlier this week he preferred games in which Arkansas was "blowing people out by 20, 30 points." The Razorbacks forward received his wish as his season-long domination of the Southeastern Conference continued in a 75-55 win over South Carolina on Tuesday night. Portis had 18 points and 13 rebounds as Arkansas (17-5, 6-3 SEC) won for the fourth time in five games with the convincing win over the reel...

Arkansas begins final stretch with NCAA tourney in sightsFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Bobby Portis insists he doesn't think about reaching the NCAA tournament, not during early February. The Arkansas forward and Southeastern Conference's leading scorer would love nothing more, however, than to revisit the topic in a few weeks. "Hopefully at the start of March, we'll be stating our case," Portis said. Whether Arkansas can reach its goal of returning to the tournament for the first time since 2008 will b...

No. 20 Golden Suns head to OBUArkansas Tech University will dispatch its basketball teams to the Loveliest Village on the Ouachita River for a Great American Conference basketball doubleheader against Ouachita Baptist University at Vining Arena in Arkadelphia on Saturday, Jan. 31. The Golden Suns and the Wonder Boys are in the midst of a string of three consecutive road doubleheaders. They will head to Southwestern Oklahoma State University for a twin bill in Weatherford o...

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